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JACOB C. (JAKE) SHADEPresident, Board of County Commissioners, Allegany County, January 1, 2016 to December 15, 2022 (member, Dec. 18, 2014 to Dec. 15, 2022).
Member, Board of Education, Allegany County, 2014-22; Board of Health, Allegany County, 2014-22; Mental Health Advisory Board, Allegany County, 2014-22; Social Services Board, Allegany County, 2014-22.
Member, Cumberland Area Metropolitan Planning Organization, 2014-22; Comptroller's Task Force on Electronic Smoking Devices, 2019-20; Task Force on the Economic Future of Western Maryland, 2020-22. Chair, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 2019, 2021-22 (member, 2014-22; secretary-treasurer, 2020).
Born in Cumberland, Maryland, 1993. Attended Allegany High School, Cumberland, Maryland; University of Maryland, College Park, B.A. (government & politics), 2013, M.T.E. (technology entrepreneurship), 2015. Financial services professional, New York Life Insurance Company, 2015-17. Senior Insurance Advisor, Senior Benefit Services, Inc., 2017-. Member, Allegany County Republican Club, 2008-22; Allegany County Republican Central Committee, 2013-15. Member, Cumberland-Allegany County Industrial Foundation, Inc., 2014-; Allegany County Task Force on Child Abuse and Neglect, Inc., 2014-. Board of Directors, Cumberland Economic Development Corp. Fellow, Academy for Excellence in Local Governance. Past member, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties. Member, Queen City Masons Lodge no. 131, Cumberland; Allegany County Chamber of Commerce; Winston Churchill Centre. Republican of the Year, 2011, and Rising Star, 2013, Allegany County Republican Central Committee.
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